What is an expedition vehicle?

Expedition vehicles are off-road camper vans, which is characterized by a robust construction, distinguish good off-road capability and all-wheel drive.

The four-wheel vehicles of well-known manufacturers – such as. Archemobil, Unique, Action Mobil etc. – have well insulated fiberglass cabins, a strong heating, high-quality interior, plenty of storage space and large supply tanks. An intermediate frame with a corresponding storage protects the GRP construction before tensions, incurred by the interleaving of the chassis.

The base vehicle is usually the truck chassis of known manufacturers MAN, Mercedes, Volvo etc. used or even the Unimog.

With such an offroad vehicle sufficient reserves remain, around on gravel roads, secluded slopes and to be able to move safely in the terrain. Therefore, these vehicles will also arrange expeditions, World travel and adventure trips through Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe used.

Considerations for selecting the vehicle type

Our desire vehicle should the one hand, be large enough, to us on the road to be able to provide some comfort, On the other hand compact and terrain, to travel independently and safely even outlying regions can.

We had set the following features as a condition of the vehicle, since these are hardly retrofitted.

Minimum Requirements

Proven base vehicle

Four-wheel drive with locking

sufficiently large supply tanks

quality, safe construction

Passage structure / cab

Bett holidays (no rebuilding!)

Kitchenette with stove, fridge, Sink

Settee

good heating / large hot water boiler

separate shower / toilet room

plenty of storage space

These criteria specific vehicle minimum size and implicitly contained features of our motor home. Andere An- and fittings can also be retrofitted if necessary. Modded SUV or four-wheel RVs therefore not come into question. Only an all-terrain vehicle on the basis of a truck chassis meets these criteria.

Unicat Expedition Vehicle MAN L2000 8.224 LAEC

Our choice fell on an expedition vehicle of the company UNICAT. The most important technical data in a brief overview: